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I. [THE SANDS OPPOSITE ENGLAND][1]
II. [INLAND: THE FLEMISH PLAIN][5]
III. [TRAVELLING IN BELGIUM][10]
IV. [SOME OF THE TOWNS: THE ARDENNES][16]
V. [BELGIAN CHILDREN: THE "PREMIÈRE COMMUNION"][28]
VI. [CHRISTMAS IN BELGIUM][34]
VII. [NEW YEAR'S DAY][37]
VIII. [PAGEANTS AND PROCESSIONS][41]
IX. [THE STORY OF ST. EVERMAIRE: A COUNTRY PAGEANT][47]
X. [THE CARNIVAL][51]
XI. [CHILDREN'S WINTER FESTIVALS][54]
XII. [THE ARCHERS: GAMES PLAYED IN BELGIUM][59]
XIII. [WHAT THE BELGIANS SPEAK][67]
XIV. [A SHORT HISTORY][70]
XV. [THE BELGIAN ARMY: THE CONGO][82]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BY AMÉDÉE FORESTIER

[A PEASANT WOMAN OF THE ARDENNES][frontispiece]
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[THE DUNES][viii]
[A SHRIMPER ON HORSEBACK, COXYDE][8]
[THE VEGETABLE MARKET, BRUGES][16]
[ANTWERP][25]
[THE HÔTEL DE VILLE, BRUSSELS][32]
[AT THE KERMESSE][42]
[A CHÂTEAU IN THE LESSE VALLEY][48]
[A FARMSTEADING][57]
[PLAYING "JEU DE BOULE" AT A FLEMISH INN][64]
[VILLAGE AND CANAL, ADINKERQUE][73]
[WATERLOO: THE FARM OF LA BELLE ALLIANCE AND THE MOUND SURMOUNTED BY THE BELGIAN LION][80]
[A MILK-SELLER IN BRUGES][on the cover]

[Sketch-Map of Belgium on] [p. vii]